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Phenakospermum is a monotypic genus with one species, Phenakospermum guyannense, a tall palm-like plant from the Amazon basin that can reach over 10 m. It is a Strelitziaceae relative of the bird-of-paradise and traveler's palm, grown mainly as a landscape element in Brazil rather than as a common houseplant.
Phenakospermum is a monotypic genus in the family Strelitziaceae. Only one species is recognized, Phenakospermum guyannense, native to Suriname, French Guiana and the eastern Amazon River basin. This plant grows to over 10 m (33 ft) in height but can be felled with a single blow with a machete.
Although not as prized as the ornamental Traveler's palm (in the same family), P. guyannense is used locally in Brazil as a landscape element. The broad leaves are used to wrap fish in Benevides, Brazil, especially when Calathea leaves (Marantaceae) are not available.
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